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Re:The Finder’s GUI tax can be very expensive by jessaustin on Thursday December 08, 2016 @10:23PM (#13136435)
So just pop a click-anywhere "Saved!" notification.
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Re:The Finder’s GUI tax can be very expensive by egeozcan on Friday December 09, 2016 @05:05AM (#13137816)
Then users will keep clicking on save until that notification comes, when your save takes just a bit longer than usual.
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Re:The Finder’s GUI tax can be very expensive by jessaustin on Saturday December 10, 2016 @10:10AM (#13145948)
By hypothesis (see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13135385), the operation is effectively instant. If it weren't, a UI on its own thread could notice that and act accordingly.
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